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Open Europe has today responded to the preliminary 2014 European Parliament elections results. Please note that these figures are based on a combination of final results and some projections so could still be subject to change. However, we do not consi…

For various reasons that we don’t quite understand, most of the UK press has deemed it illegal to report on the exit polls from yesterday’s European elections in the Netherlands – with the exception of the Telegraph and the Guardian. The Nethe…

Beatrix says change direction – but where to?When the anti-euro Alternative für Deutschland was first founded, it was derided as a fringe party for professors obsessed with ordoliberalism that would struggle to make a lasting impact on the German poli…

Last weekend in Austria, “Team Stronach”, a newly-founded political party which aims to abolish the euro in its current form, did quite well in two regional elections, winning 9.8% in the state of Lower Austria and 11.3% in the state of Carinthia.The p…

In an interview with today’s FAZ, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé made the following, rather striking statement:
“The dissolution of the eurozone is not acceptable, because it would also be the dissolution of Europe. If that happens, then eve…

As Europe limps along economically and struggles to speak with a single voice on… well almost anything, and at a time when the EU’s two flagship projects – free movement and the single currency – are coming under massive strains, the contrast between…

The exact consequences for the eurozone of the True Finns’ success in yesterday’s Finnish elections remain unclear. The result makes it the third largest party, securing 39 seats in the 200-strong parliament with 19% of the votes, close behind the Nati…

This is a graph showing the support for the different parties, according to a poll published last night, ahead of the Finnish national elections on Sunday. All international eyes are on the True Finns (fourth from the left) – the party that has said i…